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,lume XXVIII No. 30
Tryon, N. C.r March 22, 1923
$2.00 a Year
PROGRAM
C ounty Public School Com
mencement.
) Parade of all the children
0f all schools in county,
ed by Brass Band.
) Music selection by . Try
on Public School Music
Class.
5 Township Stunts. Colum
bus. Cooper Gap and
Greens Creek.
0 Spelling Contest. Read
ing Contest.
5 Picnic Dinner on
Grounds. Everybody eat
with everybody else.
5 Musical Selection by Co
lumbus Public School
Class
0 Township Stunts. Sal
uda. Tryon and White Oak.
5 Musical selection by Sal
uda Public School Music
.Class.
0 Contest in Declarama
tions. Contest in Recita
tions. ?
0 Three rmisical selections,
by Tryon, Saluda antf Co
lumbus Music Classes.
5 Presentation of Seventh
Grade Diplomas arid
awarding of prizes and
Medals.
0 Special Music by band
adjourn.
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II will be specially desirable
leach school to come in a
h and to be in Columbus not
li than 10:15 so that the line
kiarch may be ready to start
piptly at 10:30. Each
bol will have its own indi
Lal banner. I suggest that
i banner be carried by the
fimitteemen of each school
the head of the line march
their respective schools,
'he spelling contest will be
n to all the children in\the
l, 6th, and 7h grades/ Each
unship will select one boy
i one girl from the above
med grades to represent
at township at Columbus in
oral spelling match, the girls
spell against the boys.
The reading contest will
open to all children in the
d, 3rd and 4th grades. This
J1 be a contest in both oral
d silent reading. Each town
ip will select the best readers
represent it at Columbus.
The Contest in declamations
11 be open to all the boys in
le elementary schools in the
?unty. One boy will be select
I from each townshiip to rep
isent that township at Colum
is.
The contest in recitations
ill be open to all the girls in
e elementary schools of the
unty. One girl will be se
ated from each township to
present that township at Co
mbus.
All the teachers in all the
chools will be expected to de
fine the number of gradu
tes from the seventh grade in
heir school and report same
ot later than April 10th.
Each school will be expected
J have on exhibition, at Co
miUis for the commencement,
an: Dies of the work that they
re doing in their respective
/iiools, e. g. samples of work
1 drawing, in writiing, in
rithmetic or number work, in
rag] i s h , in history and any
ther subjects or projects that
?li are actually teaching in
?ur school.
The following prizes will be
: A prize for the town
Jjfy presenting the best
NT. A prize for the best
ROLLER. A prize for the
DECLAIMER. A prize
01 ;he best RECITER. A
>rize for the best READER.
P ' u h of the following grades:
w'OND, THIRD, FOURTH,
flaking three separate , read
ies prizes. A prize for the
School Exhibit, and a
;nz.e for the, Second Best
*hoo| Exhibit.
, following teachers have
u:1 control of the manage
m;m and plans for the respec
j!V(> townships. Columbus
,0^: hip, Prof. J. W. Mcln
US1 T ^??per Gap Township,
LJ- Jno. T. Ammons, Greens
^?wnship, Prof. 0. J.
Saluda Township,
Prof. F. M,. Hollister, Tryon
Township, Prof. D.. W. Sim-,
mons, White Oak Township,
Mrs. Annie F. Brisco.
I am confidently expecting
every teacher in Polk County
to give this program and your
township leader your whole
hearted support and coopera
tion. This is your commence
ment and I know you are in
terested in yourselves, your
school, yotir community and
your county. The teachers of
Polk County are always loyal
to each Other and the school
officials, and I am sure that we
will not have a single slacker in
any school, but our slogan is:
The biggest and best county
commencement ever at Colum
bus, April 13, 1923.
If I can be oi' any service to
any teacher or any child at any
time in any way during this
period of preparation, com
mand me and I assure you that
I shall be only too glad to re
spond. I am,
Very cordially yours,
E. W. S. Cobb, County Supt.
P. S. The words in the spell
ing contest will be taken from
the special review words in the
II Book that is now in use in all
the schools.- When these
words are exhausted the words
will be selected from the 6th
and 7th grades, at random, un
til the contest is completed.
Map of Polk County.
County Agent J. R. Sams is
offering a prize for the best
map of Polk County, giving
townships, divisions and locat
ing churches, schools towns
and principal roads. This map
to be exhibited at County Com
mencement.
A Bad System
A housewife 4tf~ Lynchburg,-1
Virginia, purchased a peck of
potatoes for which she paid 30
cents. As she was peeling one
of the potatoes, she found a
note reading: "I got 24 cents
per bushel. 1 What did you
give?" It was signed "G. F.
BEADSLEY, Staunton, Mich."
and was dated january 19.
Thjs story may be apocryphal
but~this much is true, never
theless: It certainly does not
misrepresent the wide discrep
ancy between the price which
theNfarmer secures for his com
modit/and the price which the
consumer pays.
When* a farmer obtains only
24 cents a bushel for his pota
toes while the housewife must
pay $1.20 something is radical
ly wrong with our system of
marketing and price-fixing.
The farmer will continue to
have a just grievance as long
as he must content himself
with such a small portion of the
price which his commodities
command in the retail market.
? Spartanburg Herald.
A GOOD ANSWER
A citizen who was carrying
an express package from a city
mail order house was accosted
by a local merchant: "Why
didn't you buy that bill of goods
from me? he said. "I could
have saved you the express,
and, besides, you would have
been patronizing a home store,
which helps pay the taxes and
build up this locality."
With characteristic frank
ness the citizen replied: "Why
don't you patFonize the home
paper and advertise? I read it
and didn't know you had the
goods I have here, nor do I
eVer see your name in the paper
inviting me to come to your
store."
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AT THE ? STRAND
FRIDAY
Norma Talmadge in "The
Forfiidden City" Her Great
est Picture.*
SATURDAY
Mitchell Lewis in "The' Last
Of His People". A Thrilling
TaTe of the Northwest..,
TUESDAY .
Wesley Barrey and Kath
erine MacDonald in"Stranger
Than Fiction". The Most un
usual Story ever Filmed.
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REMEMBER!
Regular meeting
Board of Trade
Wednesday night
April 4. Impor
tant matters to
be discussed.
Non-members are
invited to attend.
MABEL BEDDO TO SING
AT SPARTANBURG.
Mabel Beddo, Contralto, who
sings at the Spartanburg Mu
sic Festival on Oratorio night,
is one of the real musicians in
the singing profession. She
has old "Stuart" bjood and al
so some Welsh on her father's
side. Everybody knows that
the Welsh people take to sing
ing as a duck takes to water,
and Tom Beddoe's daughter
Mabel has certainly followed
along the ancestral path in the
matter of singing. Her father
was a successful tenor, and the
daughter has made for herself
a remarkable reputation in
singing so well the immensely
difficult solo parts of Bach's
works at the Bach Festival at
Bethlehem, Pa., where Dr.
Wolle is conductor. Any Ar
tist who secures a return en
gagement at this Festivval may
be set down as a fine vocalist
and splendid musician. Miss
Beddoe is a fine linguist, and is
a graduate in music of one of
the strongest conservatories in
America. In Europe she at
tracted the attention of Seig
freid Ochs, the celebrated 'con
ductor of the best choral soci
ety. in Berlin, and also of Seig
freid Wagner. Miss Beddoe
sang in a performance * of
"The Messiah," under Walter
Damrosch, at Carnegiie Hall,
N. Y., with Freida Hemphill,
and other noted soloists. She
has sung with great success for
the Toronto, Ontario Society,
Philadelphia Oratorio Society
Columbia Choral Society, N.
Y., and other leading organiza
tions. Season ticket sale for
the Spartanburg Festival now
open at Dupre's Book Store
Sparanburgv
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How It's Done
Mrs. B. ? "I wouldn't doubt
but that Grace Rodgers will be
a June bride."
Mr. B.. ? No doubt of it. If
she can make up her sweeti's
mind."
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TO FARMERS OF
POLK COUNTY
We are ready to announce to
| farmers of Polk county that the
necessary capital for a cannery
at Columbus has been provided,
and 'that everything will be in
readiness when the season
comes.
The farmers have responded
j well on their part to grow xhe
necsagar^ amount of beans and
toifratoes to insure the cannery.
I If any farmers who have not
| agreed to grow tomatoes and
| beans desire to do so, they
must apply at once or the can
I nerv will not be under obliga
tion to take them if there
should be any over production.
The farmer wants as many
j ways as possible to increase his
cash income.
: This is one way. Club boys
. and girls will find the cannery
a splendid opportniity to grow
! tomatoes and beans especially,
for ? the cannery. All club
; members as well as farmers
who desire to grow and sell to
matoes or beans to the cannery
at Columbus should ask for in
formation.
Address County Agent, or
' Polk County Bank & Trust Co.
; Columbus, N. Q., until further
I announcement.
J. R. SAMS, County Agent.
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Holy Cross Episcopal Church.
Rev. C. P. Burnett, rector
? Services for Palm Sunday,
March 25
Holy Communion. ... 8 a. m.
Sunday SchooJ 10 a. m.
Morning Prayer and
Sermon 11 a. m.
Evening Song. . . . 5:30 p. m.
Services for Holy W^ek.
Monday Evenijig, Pray
er 4:30
Tuesday, ' Children's
service. . " 4:30
Wednesday, Evening
Prayer and address 4 :30
Thursday, Poly Com
munion 10
Litany and Interces
sions 4.30
Saturday, Evening
Prayer 4 :30
All are most cordially invited
j to these services.
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One good cotton for a county
or 'community will make a bet
ter reputation for North Caro
lina cotton. There is always
i one best variety.
"Old Si Silver was a peculiar
Duck, .
Farmed with his bean and
had darned good luck;
The folks 'round worked
hard and tried,
But here's Si's secrel ? he di
versified."
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A safe investment? a well
prepared garden. ?
SUNNY VIEW
Rev. J. J. ... Ruppe filled his
regular appointment at Cooper
Gap Sunday. A large crowd
being present.
Mr. Claud Wilson and family
visited Mr. Claud Williams and
wife Sunday.
? Mrs. Lolly Taylor visited Mrs.
S. J. Helton Sunday p. m.
Mr. Andy McGuinn, who
has a position near Ruther
fordton, N. C., visited his par
ents Mr. and Mrs. Pink Mc
Guinn Sunday.
Mr. Terrel Taylor, was a
pleasant caller on Miss Oma
Reynolds Sunday.
Misses Fannie Biddy and
Esther Wilson were the guests
of Miss Arkansas Jackson, Sun
day afternoon.
Mr. J. J. Jackson was a vis
itor at the home of L. M. Ruppe
Sunday.
Mrs. Sophia Jackson and chil
dren visited her father, Mr. W.
L. Brown Sunday.
Miss Mary Helton spent Sat
urday night at the home of
Bill Jackson.
A crowd of young people
were out joy riding Sunday
afternoon.
We are glad to know that lit
tle George Lynch who has been
sick for the past week is im
proving.
Wilbert Brown is very ill
with pneumonia.
Rev. J. J. Ruppe was a din
ner guest of Mr. Martin Gilbert
Sunday.
The birthday dinner of Mrs.
S. J. "Tlelton was celebrated
Wednesday March 14, her age
being 8&;year3, also.Mrs. & W,.
Bradley's " was celebrated Sun
March 18, her age being 81
vears.
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OAK GROVE COMMUNITY.
Mrs. C. S. West and daugh
ters, Bertha, Lillian, Myrtle
and son Thomas attended Mr.
Will West's funeral service at
Inman Sunday.
Mr. M. D. McClure and fam
ily of Spartanburg spent Satur
day and Sunday with his par
ents Mr. and Mi;s. J. M. Mc:
Clure also Mr. Jessie McClure
and Ray McClure of Tryon, at
tended preaching service at
Oak Grove Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Belue
spent Sunday with their
daughte Mrs. Pauline Raines.
Mr. Tandy Prewett and two
sisters Essie and Bertha spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Lockhart.
Mr. Talmage Stewart and
Russel Reid spent Sunday af
ternoon with Mr. Lindsey.
Mr. F. M. Gosnell has been
very ill the past week.
Mr. Will Parker spent . Sun
day afternoon with Mr. Grady
Coleman.
Mr. Leslie and Bewfort Bar
nett spent Sunday afternoon
with their cousin, Voley Bar
nett.
Mr. Fred Wofford and family
of Tryon, N. C., spent Sunday
with his mother Mrs. N. E.
Wofford.
Mr. Gosnell surely preached
a real good sermon at eleven
o'clock last Sunday.
Mr. D. L. Ballew of Landrum
attended preaching service at
Oak Grove last Sunday.
The Oak Grove boy's and
girl's Sunday School class
would be glad for everybody
that reads this and other too, to
come to Oak Grove Arid be in
our class.
Boy's do not say you havn't
any place to go on Sunday. Go
to Sunday school and B. Y. P.
U. and you have been some
where.
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MILL SPRING.
JMarch has come in micely,
but seems as if not going to
hold out.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lynch
have beeen visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Lynch the
past week. '
Rev Stroupe filled his Yegular
appointment at the Baptist
church Sjunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cantrell
of Chesnee, S. C., visited the
laser's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Cochran.
The little one-year-old child
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jus
tice, of Rutherfordton, N. C.,
was buried in the Baptist cem
etry last week. We extend
our sympathy to the bereaved
family.
Mr. -J. H. Gibbs and Mrs. J.
H. Cochran made a business
trip to Rutherfordton Saturday.
The B. Y. P. U. met Sunday
afternoon and held their regu
lar meeting. Rev Stroupe gave
a tfery interesting talk, as did
Mr-. Tom Mills.
Mill Spring school is pro
gressing nicely since ? the
change of principals has been
made. We hope the erection of
the new school building will be
gin soon.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Jackson of near Mill
Spring died and was laid to
rest in the Cooper Gap ceme
tery Sunday. We extend our
sympathy to the bereaved ones.
A surprise birthday party
was given Miss Marjorie Wal
ker March 15. All present re
port a jolly time.
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Mill Spring Route 1
The farmers are getting be
hind with their work on account
of the rainy weather.
There was a large crowd at
tended a prayer service at the
"humect Mr.ftA. BrGilbret, ?n
last Sunday. They had a good
service and the singing was en
joyed by all.
Misses Gladys Harris and
Frances Lynch, also Mr. Abner
Lynch, of Rutherfordton, spent
Saturday night with relatives
in this section.
Messrs. Charles G. Flynn and
Garvin Skipper, of near Chim
ney Rock, were callers in this
section last Sunday evening.
Miss Doris Edwards spent
Saturday night with her sister,
Mrs. Arthur A. Thompson, on
Pea Ridge.
Miss Maggie 1 Sue Edwards
and Mr. W. Theron Moore, of
Tryon, were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Thomp
son'last Sunday, and motored to
Forest City in the afternoon.
Rev. W. W'. Womack was a
dinner guest in the home of Mr.
A. A. Edwards, last Sunday.
Mr. Jonas Harris was a visit
or in this section last Sunday. .
Mr. N. E. Williams, of route 2
was a visitor at the home of A.
A. Edwards, last Sunday.
Mrs. Ed. Allen is ill at this
writing, but we hope she will be
out again soon. She is greatly
missed in our prayer meetings.
There will be prayer meeting
at the home of Grover Green,
next Sunday p. m. Everyone
I invited.
Mr. Ralph Edwards spent
la^ Saturday night at the home
of Mr. N. E. Williams, on route
two.
Mr. Roscoe Whiteside spent
Wednesday on Broad River.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Griffin
spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Dyer.
Misses Lelia and Dalah Brad
ley visited their sister, .Mrs.
Johnnie Griffin, Saturday.
Mr. Oscar Huntley and broth
er, of Forest City, were* visitors v
at A.A.Edwards, last Friday.
Messrs. Ross Smoke and Ed
gar Tramel, of Forest City,
were; afternoon callers of Miss
Doris Edwards, last Sunday.
Misses Gertrude and Gladys
Phillips and Messrs. Charley
Taylor and Frank Moore were
out joy riding Sunday.
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It's Logical
Man held at Ellis Island
speaks no language that the im
migration interpreters can un
derstand. We'll bet five bucks
he's a train announcer return
ing from a Europeanvacation. x